Childress in Childress County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Childress Cemetery

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 15, 2016

1. Childress Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Established 1887

Historic Texas Cemetery – 2008
Marker is property of the State of Texas

Erected 2008 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15751.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1887.

Location. 34° 25.943′ N, 100° 11.914′ W. Marker is in Childress, Texas, in Childress County. It is on Farm to Market Road 268 half a mile north of U.S. 287, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Childress TX 79201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Texas Panhandle.

It is also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Comanchería,

the Dust Bowl,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker,

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measured as the crow flies: Goodnight Trail (approx. ¼ mile away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. ¼ mile away); Colonel Wm. Edgar Hughes of the Mill Iron (approx. half a mile away); Childress County (approx. 0.6 miles away); Frank Collinson (approx. 0.8 miles away); Childress Post Office Building (approx. 0.8 miles away); Palace Theater (approx. 0.8 miles away); Old Railroad Y.M.C.A. (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Childress.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 15, 2016

2. Childress Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2016, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 788 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 4, 2016, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.